“HOT TIPS” IN FINDING A NEW JOB VIA THE SEARCH ENGINES AND SOCIAL MEDIA BY VAUGHAN STOREY AT LEADING EDGE CONSULTING
Reading recruiter forums on the Web and chatting to several HR Officers and Search Consultants this year their biggest dilemma is finding suitable people whilst those looking for work are no long receiving the quality nor quantity of response that they have been used to.
The key reason behind these problems is that the job boards are now being used by loads more people from many walks of life, which is making it increasingly difficult for individuals to stand out from the crowd.
To explain, Google the name Phillip Jones today and you will find 487 000 references … Could you find a specific Mr Jones? … On the search engines recruiters rely on key words to spot people …Today there are 65 742 CV’s on PNET that carry the word SAP, 58 037 with the word Payroll in ‘em somewhere and a staggering 120 342 people who have used the word Banking in their resume … I just gulped because these are intimidating numbers.
To get around this massive challenge, Search Companies including ourselves use speed-reading technologies to quickly and economically pluck single individuals out of hundreds and thousands of resumes for specific opportunities. Hence the trick nowadays is to design your on-line resume to be spotted by the speed-reading programs.
Below I have compiled some hot tips to improve your on-line led career prospects.
Tip one : Actively apply for vacancies that are relevant to you … I know, mundane but you will be surprised at how many people don’t.
Tip two: Trim back your online resume to a “Taster” format only detailing your last 2-3 years of work experience and omitting any facts that are not directly related to your core attributes.
Build this by including as many everyday key words that you can which describe both your occupation and industry and be sure to include your full name and DOB.
Tip three: Should your professional profile enable you to be employable in more than one occupation, build multiple taster resumes to reflect each of these talent / experience profiles and pop them all on the search engines…This is a international trick which works very well.
Tip four : Detail the exact suburbs and towns that you live and work in.
Tip five: Use standard English in your CV and steer clear of ( ) # ++ “ “ abbreviations and unnecessary words breaks (-) even remove coma’s because speed reading programmes work best with clean documents.
Tip six : Should you be urgently looking for work, resubmit your resume onto the job boards everyday to stay on top of the pile.
Tip seven: Set yourself up on LinkedIn .. It’s simple to do and adds to your professional visibility.
In closing, Internationally Search work has been undertaken by “Speed Reading” technologies for many years, locally the demand is relatively new because the computer literate population was relatively small until quite recently… Hence we are simply catching up as more people get on-line.
With speed reading done and dusted….I’m under the bonnet working on SMS resumes to cater for the Blue Collar workforce .. Are the Job Boards tinkering around with this one yet?
Use my LinkedIn to research me….Vaughan Storey
Hook into our network …Link In with Leading Edge Consulting, confidently post your latest resume to us in the strictest confidence.
To discus the wonders of E -Recruitment I’m on 011 644 5110 or 082 413 6786 or +44 1202 720 197 else Skype me. For Systems jobs …Go to www.lec.co.za In need of IT skills for your business…We specialise in your market….Post your resume else IT vacancies to info@lec.co.za ICT search specialist’s since 1996
SAP IBM INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT MANAGER FOR CORPORATE SHARED SERVICES CENTRE.
Location – Randburg – Industry – Corp – Perm – Salary – R660K CTC
Called in Monday 28th February 2011. A corporate data centre which runs the core business systems internationally for a Listed Group are looking for a Technical Support Manager with a heavy weight application management background to co-ordinate their Operational Service Level run environment.
Going over the IS portfolio of this organisation .The key skills to this mandate include SAP IBM AIX SOX ITIL and PMBOK.
Anglo Barclays and Colgate are SAP / IBM shops, whilst many CCC Departments within the Integration fraternity also have SLA’s with “Big Blue” / SAP clients … Should this be your professional background, looking for a management opportunity in the demand management sector…Call in all in and ask for Vaughan Storey
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I got the short straw and have to work until 6pm today….Call in when you have a gap on 011 644 5110 or 082 413 6786 or +44 1202 720 197 else Skype me. For IT jobs …Sneak a peek at www.lec.co.za Searching for Systems Management expertise ?…Working in the SA IT market for ages we know who you need to be talking to…Post your resume else IT vacancies to info@lec.co.za Systems search specialist’s since 1996.
BUSINESS OBJECTS SKILLED? RESIDING ELSE PLANNING TO RELOCATE TO THE CAPE?
Location – Cape Town – Industry – Consulting – Perm or Contract – Salary – Highly Neg
Called in Friday 25th February 2011. A team of Principle Business Objects Consultants called in earlier asking us to go fishing for two BO / BOBJ skilled professionals to join them on Cape Town based projects commencing May on either a perm else contracting basis.
I know from experience that the availability of your skills set in the Cape is tight, hence we will be looking for both local residents and people living elsewhere who are keen to relocate.
Should you be in town already, perhaps due to finish up at New Clicks, Maersk else Visimed … This should be your next assignment.
In terms of relocating there has been a massive exodus to the Cape over the last 3 years, should this be your life style plan … I am keen to hear from you.
Research me via my LinkedIn….Joanne Brown.
Hook into our network,…Link In with Leading Edge Consulting, pop your latest resume to us in the strictest confidence.
Today I am in the office until 4pm….Call in when you have a spare minute on 011 644 5110 or 082 413 6786 or +44 1202 720 197. For a selection of other Business Objects jobs skills…They are on www.lec.co.za Searching BI expertise?…I specialise in your market and can definitely help…Post your resume else EDW/MIS vacancies to info@lec.co.za BO search specialist’s since 1996
PROJECT MANAGER PROGRAMME MANAGER SOUGHT FOR HIGH VALUE ON-LINE BANKING NEW BUILD PROJECT
Location – Randburg – Industry – Banking / Financial Services – Perm – Salary – To R660K CTC
Called in Friday 25th February 2011. Getting into the office first thing this morning I see that we have a hire request for a Project Manager to drive an e-Banking modernisation project for a top local banking group with a multi-million rand budget.
Researching trends in BTOC and Web Mastering / Social Media recently whilst keeping up to date on banking trends in Africa on Fin24. I know that many local financials services groups are looking to actively attract more African people to Telco and Internet Banking … Hence, my educated guess is that this project will be this Bank’s vehicle to drive this initiative whilst also catering for sophisticated usability … A fantastic challenge.
Profiling my perfect Program Manager to fill these shoes …. I think that somebody who perhaps drove the first generation remote banking projects such as the Nedcor Cybernet, Investec On-line else the FNB First OnLine projects who has remained in step with Corporate usability habits and the latest fashions in E-Branding and Communications will bring the most value to this project.
Should this be your background I’m keen to hear from you, conversely should you have worked with somebody who you’d like to recommend, pop this invite along else post their contact details my way and I’ll make contact with them early next week.
Looking forward to making your acquaintance.
I’m on LinkedIn….Vaughan Storey…Research me at your leisure.
Hook into our network,…Link In with Leading Edge Consulting and/or pop over your latest resume to us in the strictest confidence.
Today I am in office until 4.30 and putting in a couple of hours on Saturday morning…9am till 11am…My bat phone is 011 644 5110 or 082 413 6786 or +44 1202 720 197 or Skype me. For other Project Management vacancies go to www.lec.co.za Looking for Project Manager’s?… I’ve been around long enough to spot a great Project Manager from a 1000 yards…It’s simply down to experience.
Pop your latest resume else Project Management vacancies to info@lec.co.za IT sector search specialist’s since 1996
SSIS ETL SQL TECHNICAL CONSULTANT SOUGHT FOR CENTURION BASED PROJECT TEAM.
Location – Centurion – Industry – Consulting – Salary – R330K-R250K CTC
Called in Thursday 24th February 2011. A couple of HR Managers saw a gap in the market for a HR Performance Management application … They designed this system in their spare time before taking the plunge and establishing a business to sell and support their bright idea 5 years ago.
Today they have 70 clients with more customers coming on board as their scorecard approach to HR KPI’s is perfect for our complex local labour market.
Their system is based on MS BI and is integrated to client 3rd Party HR and Payroll Systems using SSIS for integration and data exporting.
This technical team have a vacancy for a MS ETL specialist with SSIS design and build skills along with SQL development and secondary DBA experience.
Based at their office in Centurion with sometime travel to client sites, day to day the work is a mix of system administration and new projects.
Ideally we are looking for somebody living locally for this opportunity.
Interested? Call in today and ask for Joanne.
To get to know me pop into my LinkedIn….Joanne Brown
Hook into our network,…Link In with Leading Edge Consulting else pop over your latest resume to us in the strictest confidence.
Call in on 011 644 5110 or 082 413 6786 or +44 1202 720 197. For move ETL skills requirements go to www.lec.co.za Searching for data staging skills?…We are very proud of our ETL skills pool,…We have the skills that you are looking for at our finger tips. Whizz your resume else Systems vacancies to info@lec.co.za Hi-Tech search specialist’s since 1996
CALL CENTRE BUSINESS PROCESS PROJECT MANAGER
Location – Randburg – Industry – Corporate – Perm – Salary – To R680K CTC
Called in Thursday 24th February 2011. One of the largest client care and telemarketing hubs in the Southern Hemisphere is in constant flux as their Call and Response Agents are continually taking new products to market and resolving an increasing number of client enquires.
To constantly improve service levels manage costs and build process flows in support of new product offering’s their Project Office is looking for a Project Manager to lead their Business Process Analysis activities..
A non-technical mandate, what they are looking for is an expert in inbound / outbound call process management who enjoys CBI Change Management and building process flows in support of voice driven Interaction activities.
Profiling the perfect “Ken or Barbie” for this opportunity I am looking for Kaizen… Lean… Six Sigma… Lovem else allied experience with a highview appreciation of Unified Communications, Voice Frameworks with a Corporate Call Infrastructure background who has invested career time at an Answers Direct Blake International Call Connect as examples.
It’s Thursday … interested? Why not update your resume over the weekend and pop it over so that we can talk through this opportunity early next week.
Looking forward to hearing from you.
Pop into my LinkedIn to get to know me….Vaughan Storey
Why not hook into our network,…Link In with Leading Edge Consulting else pop over your latest updated resume to us in the strictest confidence.
Today I am slaving away until 6pm, find me at 011 644 5110 or 082 413 6786 or +44 1202 720 197 or Skype me . For more IT opportunities go to www.lec.co.za Searching for Systems skills?…We only complete ICT Recruitment work … Post your resume else information technology related hire request’s to info@lec.co.za IT recruiters since 1996
SAP STP SAP LSO LEARNING SOLUTIONS IMPLEMENTATION CONSULTANT
Location – Pretoria Tshwane – Industry – Consulting – Contracting – Salary – R300-R450 per hour
Called in Wednesday 23rd February 2011. Late yesterday afternoon a SAP Consultancy called in asking us to introduce them to 2 STP LSO Projects Consultants as they have a long term implementation to complete for a client in Pretoria.
They are looking for either short term (6 months) else long term (2 years) contracting associations.
I understand that STP is a relatively new addition to the SAP Learning Solutions suite and admit to being caught on the hop as I have never been asked to recruit for this skill set before.
My educated guess is that you probably worked with systems such as Flowhow, SAP Tutor STT before moving to STP….Am I correct?
Should this be your skills set I am keen to hear from you.
Conversely, do you know somebody within your peer group who is presently working with this training tool? …. Kindly pop this invite along.
To get to know me pop into my LinkedIn….Vaughan Storey
To hook into our network,…Link In with Leading Edge Consulting else pop over your latest updated resume to us in the strictest confidence.
I’m in the office today until 6pm….Call in on 011 644 5110 or 082 413 6786 or +44 1202 720 197 else Skype me . For move SAP opportunities go to www.lec.co.za Searching for SAP skills?…Our SA SAP skills pool is 6000 strong…We will have the expertise that you are looking for … Post your resume else SAP skills requirements to info@lec.co.za IT recruiters since 1996
C# .NET SYSTEMS MAINTENANCE PROGRAMMER FOR FOURWAYS SOFTWARE HOUSE
Location – Fourways – Industry – Consulting – Perm – Salary – R18K CTC
Called in Tuesday 22nd February 2011. A Software Company have a Technical Support and Resolution Centre where a team of Business Analysts and Programmers fix client problems and enhance systems to client demands.
They have a small team of maintenance programmers who complete system corrections and bug fixing.
This team is their training ground where they on-board young graduates with a MCPD MSCD …Any .Net qualification and train them up before moving them into projects teams.
At the moment they are looking for somebody to join this team which is essentially a entry level / apprentice position.
Given the salary … R18K CTC, our ideal candidate must live as close to the office as possible, hence should you live in Broadacres, Lonehill, Witkoppen … Within 30 minutes commute time of Fourways …. Here is a practical career opportunity for you.
To apply for this position call in and ask for Dale Andrews.
To hook into our network,…Link In with Leading Edge Consulting else pop over your latest updated resume to us in the strictest confidence.
011 644 5110 or 082 413 6786 or +44 1202 720 197. For other software development opportunities, find them on www.lec.co.za Searching for Software Development skills?…Call Leading Edge … Post your resume else ICT vacancies to info@lec.co.za Software recruiters since 1996
LEADING EDGE CONSULTING ARE LOOKING FOR A COGNOS CONSULTANT TO BUILD A BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE BUSINESS UNIT.
Location – Sandton – Industry – Consulting – Perm – Salary – Highly Neg
Called in Monday 21st February 2011. Out and about networking today I spent some quality time this morning with a long time client of ours to catch up and see where they are going over the next couple of years.
“Number One” on their “To Do” list is to build a Cognos Practice.
With a mature client base both locally and in several African Countries, their Account Manager’s are constantly being offered opportunities to deliver BI Solutions from their customers but can’t do anything with them.
Over tea and biscuits, we agree that to attract an experienced Cognos Consultant as the catalyst to create a Cognos Team makes sense, which creates an exciting opportunity for a BI Professional with a flair for business.
Should your key attributes be people networking, consultative selling with a Cognos 8 skills set … Here is a sensible career prospect for you.
To be involved with this organization call Vaughan
To hook into our network,…Link In with Leading Edge Consulting else pop over your latest updated resume to us in the strictest confidence.
011 644 5110 or 082 413 6786 or +44 1202 720 197 else Skype Vaughan Storey. For our Cognos vacancy update go to www.lec.co.za Searching for Cognos skills?…Call Leading Edge … Post your resume else Data Warehousing vacancies to info@lec.co.za MIS/BI recruiters since 1996
Finding work and identifying talent in the Internet and Social Media world by Vaughan Storey at Leading Edge Consulting
With over 1.6 Million jobs disappearing in South African’s recession and millions of people hitting the pavements across the UK and Europe over the past 2 years, the fact is that the value chain between employers, recruiters and job seekers is broken and that jobs board companies and recruiters have to up their games to rectify a very serious social problem
Looking at the job boards, until recently there were primary the home of ICT and Financial Services related recruitment activities.
Into 2010 the broader general public started to use these same search engines in the same way that people are now confidant using Internet banking.
Hence, the number of new members has increased sharply with a Funeral Director and a Nun being recent appearances on PNET
As the reporting capabilities of the search engines are crude and that most people are computer literate, when looking for Systems Specialists for example, the quality / effectiveness of key word searching is rapidly disappearing.
Indeed we expect that common key works such as SAP and SQL will go back no more than 48 hours before hitting the 100 page lock out on PNET before the end of 2011.
Using LinkedIn as a complimentary talent pool we are seeing the same trend with SA memberships presently climbing at over 1600 a month.
“Vaughan, it’s Monday, all very interesting … But where are you going with this” .. I hear you mumble.
Firstly, Recruitment Companies must transform themselves into talent collection organizations else they will be locked out of their prospective skills pool by the sheer volume of people making themselves available for work via the job portals and to take advantage of Social Media’s such as LinkedIn.
Secondly, HR Departments must invest in talent acquisition technologies and processes to empower their HR Departments and Talent Scots to be effective in this new market place which has taken even Google and Microsoft by surprise.
Thirdly, recruiters need to start running proper ads again with people looking for work responding to vacancies because recruiters can seldom find you when they need to because of the candidate number crunch problem
Fourthly, should you be looking for work via the internet simplify your resume.
To explain…As market leaders in E-Recruitment, we use a software programme to speed read 1000’s of resumes a day … Flaws lay in ( ) C++ # “ “ and abbreviations…If our system cannot find you because of the aforementioned glips ….. How are other recruiters / talent scouts going to identify you?
Another good tip in getting yourself spotted in the Internet labour market is to use your Job Board CV as a taster … Only go back 2-3 years of professional experience and use several strong key words that are specific to your industry and occupation to make your resume “bubble to the surface” when people are searching for your expertise on the web.
Fifthly, many people have been taking pops at the job board companies recently …. Now having explained the scenario, I am sure you will agree that they have simply been caught short by positive market confidence.
If I were running a Job Portal I’d simply build separate job boards for specific markets … Problem solved
Today the bar to entry into any talent related industry including …. Recruitment, Body Shopping, Professional Services is dependant upon constantly transforming peoples attributes into tradable assets whilst staying in step with all of the talent available by managing the inter relationships between the Job Boards, Social Networking sites and in-house databases.
In closing, the search for talent has transformed rapidly from an entrepreneurial passive occupation into an exacting science that warrants dedication, specialist expertise and diligent processes to identity individual professional profiles out of 100 000’s of potentials.
Looking for Systems Professionals for your organizations, else advise with regard to the E-Recruit market place? Contact Vaughan Storey at Leading Edge Consulting
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